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Some of the images associated with the organ retention issues at Alder Hey Hopsital in Liverpool, UK

 
Link to Alan Milburn's [Secretary of State for Health] Speech to the House of Commons [UK Government] on the 30th of January 2001

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Today's Date

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animated presentation of the words "Never Again!"

Resignation

I am hereby tendering my resignation as an adult.
I have decided that I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8-year-old again

I want to go to McDonalds and think it is a four star restaurant.
I want to sail lolly-ice sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make stepping-stones with rocks.
I want to think that M&M's are better than money because I can eat them.

I want to return to a time when life was simple,
When all that I knew were colours, multiplication tables and nursery rhymes, and it didn't bother me, because I didn't know what I didn't know and I didn't care.

All I knew was happy because I was blissfully unaware of all the things that should make me worry or upset.

I want to think that the world is fair.
I want to believe that every one is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited about the little things again.

I want to live simple again.
I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days than there is money in the bank, gossip, misunderstanding, simple words and actions being misinterpreted, illness and the loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, of hugs and of a kind word or deed.
I want to believe in trust.
I want to believe in truth.
I want to believe in justice.
I want to believe in peace
I want to believe in dreams, the imagination, mankind and making angels in the snow.

So … here is my chequebook, my credit card and my bills, take my phone … I am officially resigning from adulthood.

If you want to discuss it further, you will have to catch me first, because
TAG! Your it!

With kind regards ……………John

 

PITY II (Parents who have Interred Their Young Twice) is the parents' support group set up in the wake of the organ retention scandal
at Alder Hey Hospital (Liverpool, UK). It aims to provide self help support and advice to affected families.


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